Tag Archives: Kyotera

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from Kyotera district have queried the criteria used to spend more than one billion Shillings under Emyooga, a presidential initiative aimed at wealth and job creation. The scheme was launched in 2019 to enhance the entrepreneurial capacity of selected enterprises and groups …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and children rights activists in Rakai and Kyotera districts have decried the increasing domestic disputes among communities affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. They say that families are breaking up and children neglected as parents remain incapable …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long-awaited plan for the rehabilitation of the Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula road has been deferred as the government, awaits funding from the African Development Bank. The rehabilitation project will be funded by an AfDB grant under the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF). According to Prime Minister Robinah …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Kalisizo General Hospital in Kyotera district are in panic following reports that one of them had succumbed to COVID-19. Kyotera District Health Officer Dr Edward Muwanga says that the deceased is a female health worker who is suspected to have contracted …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Francis Xavier Lubinga, the new speaker for Kyotera district has been rushed to hospital in extreme pain after being rescued from a swarm of bees that attacked him in his office. It is said that as soon as he entered his office, bees started stinging him. …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The reconciliation between the rival factions of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in Kyotera district has hit a snag following the death of Mathias Kasamba, the party’s Director of Mobilization and Cadre Identification. Kasamba, also the East African Legislative Assembly MP passed away on Tuesday …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Crowds formed at one of the homes whose member had returned after 73 days of abduction. Thrilled to see community members back, crowds gathered in small groups as they listened to stories of the returnees. Everyone who turned up was curious to glance at the …

📌 GOVT LIST OF ‘MISSING PERSONS’ ➡ TOTAL 177 ➡ 168 remanded at Makindye ➡ 2 Referred to Jinja Rd Police station ➡ 6 already released on bond ➡ 1 arraigned before UDC ✳ 43 arrested for rioting ✳ 156 possession of military stores ✳ 17 meeting to plan violence ✳ 6 already released on bond Kyotera, Uganda | THE …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covid-19 vaccination of health workers in Kyotera, Rakai, Lwengo and Lyantonde districts has been postponed due to delayed delivery of the vaccines. On Wednesday, dozens of health workers arrived at their respective district hospitals and health centre IIIs and IVs to have the vaccine. …

Mayanja in a police statement disputed the alleged use of a knife on his genitals saying Katamba used his teeth to bite through his testicles Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While it is not in dispute that a vanilla farmer in Kyotera decided to castrate his employee, there is disagreement …